This topic might have been covered on The Other BB, but I'm asking again. I don't do "homemade" bread, so I'm wanting a machine that can handle it all Any recommendations? Something that I can put ingredients into, all at once, push a button, and have an edible loaf of bread at the end of it all. It has been many years since I had a bread machine. DH eats lots of bread......

I have an older Breadman Ulitmate that I love. It's probably 10 + years old and is well-worn. The only issue I've had with it is that It doesn't get all the flour out of the corners when it first starts to knead so I use a skinny spatula to help combine the ingredients. Minor for me for great bread. This might get more hits in the Obs lounge. There are too many crickets in here. I don't check it often enough either.

Moutaineer wrote:I have a Panasonic which does a decent job. Bread machine bread does tend to be a bit "fluffy," however.

Makes excellent pasta dough too

You have to find the right recipes. And you can just make the dough and do the first rise in the machine and then take it out and shape it differently and do the next rise in a pan or wherever and bake it in the oven. Almost as easy imo.

But the key is the recipes. I have found icky ones (too fluffy and not great) and I have found great ones.

Od thread, but I think the almost unanimous consensus on the old board was that Zojurushi is the go-to for bread machines. Works well for heavier, gluten-free breads as well but, of course, recipe matters.

Hey, a cricket jumped in here! I have a Zojurushi that I use all the time. I use it to make dough. The Zo kneads the bread better than I ever could. The one I use is 25 years old and still going strong, but I did find one on e-bay just like it for about $60.00 and I bought it because I love the bread machine so much I just had to have a little insurance. A bread machine makes bread making easy, but making your own bread also spoils one. My husband can not eat store bought bread anymore.